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1997 ABN AMRO World Tennis Tournament

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Date
  
March 3 – March 9

Surface
  
Hardcourt / Indoor

Venue
  
Ahoy Rotterdam

Edition
  
25th

Location
  
Rotterdam, Netherlands

Category
  
ATP International Series

The 1997 ABN AMRO World Tennis Tournament was a tennis tournament played on indoor carpet courts at Ahoy Rotterdam in the Netherlands. It was part of the World Series of the 1997 ATP Tour. The tournament ran from March 3 through March 9, 1997.

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The singles draw featured ATP No. 5, 1996 Grand Slam Cup runner-up, Moscow and Zagreb titlist and Rotterdam defending champion Goran Ivanišević, reigning Wimbledon champion Richard Krajicek and Paris, Stockholm and Marseille winner Thomas Enqvist. Also seeded were New Haven and Vienna finalist Jan Siemerink, Hamburg, Kitzbühel and Marbella runner-up Àlex Corretja, Paul Haarhuis, Cédric Pioline and Petr Korda.

Men's Singles

Richard Krajicek defeated Daniel Vacek 7–6(7–4), 7–6(7–5)

  • It was Krajicek's 1st title of the year and the 14th of his career.
  • Men's Doubles

    Jacco Eltingh / Paul Haarhuis defeated Libor Pimek / Byron Talbot 7–6, 6–4

  • It was Eltingh's 2nd title of the year and the 34th of his career. It was Haarhuis' 2nd title of the year and the 33rd of his career.
  • References

    1997 ABN AMRO World Tennis Tournament Wikipedia